Hip Hops: Read ’em if you’ve got ’em
"The Craft Brewery Issue" of Food & Dining Magazine (Fall 2022; Vol. 75) is coming in September.
Today's cover photo was taken in May, 1995, at the Drawbridge Estate in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky, where an...
Hip Hops: An Oktoberfest three-way, plus recollections of East German beer
My friend and much-decorated homebrewer Shane Caple conjured an old-school Märzen for Oktoberfest, and the result is shown above. Compare it with the appearance of Weihenstephaner's new-school Festbier, pictured below.
They're both Oktoberfest lagers. Märzen...
Hip Hops: Dispassionate and purely objective thoughts about the Louisville Beer Hall of Fame
Objectivity is a key element of journalism, which in our contemporary era has been supplanted in large measure by advertising-supported electronic hype machines.
Taking sports as an example, media coverage in the current era has...
Hip Hops: The Reinheitsgebot matters, except when it doesn’t
Greeting from Minneapolis, where we're spending my birthday week. The Beer Hall at Surly Brewing is a ten minute walk from our Airbnb. There'll be a couple of Twins games, Hmong cuisine and the...
Hip Hops: What makes Goodwood’s new lager Mexican?

Say what you will about Frank Sinatra, but the guy could sing. Say what you will about Stone Brewing—go ahead and say it, but I may just offer a corrective.Â
Last month, F&D's founder and...
Hip Hops: BIG is back with the 25th Indiana Microbrewers Festival
I never take a drink unless—somebody's buying.
Just the facts, ma'am. The opinions will begin soon enough.
Join the nonprofit Brewers of Indiana Guild for its 25th annual summer fundraiser, Indiana Microbrewers Festival, benefiting Little Red Door Cancer Agency, on Saturday,...
Hip Hops: Tell me what you remember about Fat Cat’s Deli & Pub
Talk about a buzz kill.
Every time you recall a memory it has changed from the original experience. Whatever has happened since has influenced your retelling of that moment. We are not static animals; we’re...
Hip Hops: Hometown Brewing, Craft House Pizza, and all the basic food groups
Beer dates to the dawn of human history. Pizza came along later, and is usually credited to Naples in Italy. Beer and pizza work together in harmonious tandem, like Burns and Allen or peanut...
Hip Hops: It’s a “Million Beer March” in America, which sounds very tiring to...
https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/summer_2022_vol._74_/28
The Summer 2022 (Vol. 74) issue of Food & Dining Magazine for June, July and August is out now. Read it at issuu, and look for copies at eateries throughout the metro area.Â
“After the...
Hip Hops: Crowler Catering for Father’s Day (or any day, actually)
Don't forget the Kentucky Craft Bash this Saturday (June 11) at Louisville Waterfront Park (Craft Bash 2022 from Allen Howie on Vimeo.)
At the present time there are 26 breweries in Louisville, not counting Against the...
